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禁じる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, transitive verb

General term for forbidding an action or thing, often by authority or rule.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

Used in the pattern 禁じ得ない to mean 'cannot help but feel/show'. Rare outside this fixed expression.

〈場ば所しょ〉で〈事こと〉を禁きんじるto forbid something in a place
この公こう園えんではペットの散さん歩ぽを禁きんじている。
Walking pets is forbidden in this park.
法ほう律りつで〈事こと〉を禁きんじるto prohibit something by law
この国くにでは喫きつ煙えんを法ほう律りつで禁きんじている。
Smoking is prohibited by law in this country.
〈事こと〉を禁きんじることにするto decide to ban something
校こう内ないでの携けい帯たい電でん話わの使し用ようを禁きんじることにした。
It was decided to ban the use of cell phones on school grounds.

禁きん止しN3sense 1
禁止する is the more formal, official word for prohibiting something, while 禁じる can sound slightly more literary or personal.
抑おさえるN2sense 2
抑える means to hold back or suppress an emotion in general, while 禁じる in this sense is mainly used in the fixed phrase 禁じ得ない for feelings one cannot suppress.
差さし止とめる sense 1
差し止める is a legal term for issuing an injunction to stop an act, whereas 禁じる is the general word for forbidding something.
禁きんずるN1
禁じる is the common modern form with identical meanings, while 禁ずる is a more formal, written variant often seen in legal or literary text.

許ゆるすN3sense 1
許す means to permit or allow, the opposite of 禁じる which means to forbid.

止とめるN5sense 1
止める means to physically stop an action in progress, while 禁じる means to forbid it by rule or authority beforehand.

Derived from the kanji 禁 (prohibition) with the verb suffix じる. The reading きんじる is standard; the older form 禁ずる (きんずる) also exists.